"Tell a story?" Qin Rushuang became interested and opened her eyes even wider, "What story are you telling? An interesting story about the prince's march and fighting? Or a story about bravely killing the enemy?"
Xie Xun smiled and shook his head, and couldn't help but reach out and tap her nose.
"No, since I want to coax you to sleep, of course I have to tell you a little story before going to bed."
Qin Rushuang wrinkled her nose and said, "I'm not a child anymore. What kind of bedtime story should I listen to?"
Xie Xun reached out and hugged her into his arms, patting her back gently through the quilt.
"Isn't it true that children can't listen to bedtime stories? In my heart, I am willing to pamper you as a child forever."
Qin Rushuang leaned in Xie Xun's arms. When she heard this, she couldn't help but smile and rolled her eyes.
"Since the prince wants to talk, then I will reluctantly listen."
Xie Xun's slow and beautiful voice came from my ears.
It was obviously just a story that ordinary children heard, but for some reason, Qin Rushuang listened to it with gusto.
Accompanied by Xie Xun's reassuringly low voice, Qin Rushuang fell asleep before she knew it.
After Qin Rushuang fell asleep, Xie Xun stopped talking and looked down at the person in his arms.
He had also observed Qin Rushuang's appearance when she was sleeping.
She always had trouble sleeping and her brows were furrowed, as if there was something bothering her even in her nightmares.
But now, Qin Rushuang sleeps soundly.
Especially these days, it seems that the things that bother her in her dreams are becoming less and less.
Xie Xun knew that this was the result of two hearts slowly getting closer.
He was happy to see the success and was very excited about it.
After all, this means that the person next to him loves him more and more, trusts him more and more, and is willing to put complete trust in him, so he can have a good night's sleep by his side and sleep peacefully.
Xie Xun just stared at Qin Rushuang motionless. He didn't know how long it had passed before the moon climbed up to the treetops and the breeze blew in his ears.
Xie Xun noticed the breeze at night and was afraid that Qin Rushuang would catch cold, so he mobilized his inner strength and closed the window of the room with a snap.
But this slight movement woke Qin Rushuang from her deep sleep.
Xie Xun looked at her with an apologetic look: "What's wrong? Did I just close the window and wake you up?"
"Well...fortunately, I was full from sleep, so I woke up when I heard the noise."
As Qin Rushuang spoke, she realized that she was still leaning in Xie Xun's arms in the same position as before falling asleep.
I couldn't help but bury my face in Xie Xun's arms and rub it.
This was just Qin Rushuang's subconscious action, but she didn't expect that Xie Xun, who was holding her, suddenly groaned.
Qin Rushuang didn't notice anything at first, but when she noticed it later, she suddenly blushed.
"My lord, why are you doing this again?"
Xie Xun looked at her helplessly.
"You've held me in for so long and finally got close to each other. Do you think you can get rid of me in just a short while in the hot spring?"
Xie Xun spoke so straightforwardly that Qin Rushuang didn't know how to reply, so she blushed and covered her head with the quilt.
Xie Xun quickly pulled off the quilt and whispered: "You are not afraid of being out of breath."
Qin Rushuang coughed lightly and sat up, looking at the night outside the window. Suddenly her heart moved, "Your Majesty, let's go out for a night out!"
Because she slept all afternoon and all night, Qin Rushuang was very energetic at this time and could not continue to fall asleep. Xie Xun simply agreed to such a request.
"You can swim at night, but what do you want to do? This courtyard is not very big. You should have seen it all."
Qin Rushuang blinked her eyes mischievously and said, "There is another place we haven't been to. There is a hill behind the courtyard, and there are hot springs on the mountain. The hot springs in the courtyard are the remains of that spring, and the spring on the mountain
The location is on the top of the mountain, and the moonlight is so beautiful tonight, let’s go to the hot spring to enjoy the moon."
The two of them left immediately, put on their clothes and robes, and without informing any of the servants, they sneaked out of the room like thieves.
They were careful all the way, for fear of disturbing the servants in the other courtyard and causing them to get into a fight. When the two of them walked out of someone else's door, Qin Rushuang couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
"Why are you acting like a thief in your own courtyard?" Qin Rushuang couldn't help but mutter in a low voice.
Xie Xun smiled and tapped her nose and said, "You're not afraid that the servants will lose interest."
The two of them walked forward along the road outside the courtyard, and went around to the back of the courtyard, directly behind the courtyard.
There is a quiet path.
Qin Rushuang saw it, her eyes lit up, and she pointed over there: "That's it, Your Majesty, you can go around the mountain from there."
It was a rare moment for Qin Rushuang to be so childlike. She walked briskly in front, introducing Xie Xun as she walked.
"My lord, you were so good when you were a child. You must have never been here when you came to the courtyard with the late emperor, right? In autumn, there are many wild fruits on this trail, which are delicious! Although this mountain is not high, there are many in the forest.
There are many small animals. I even saw a white fox before, and I don’t know if it is still there now..."
Xie Xun listened to her story all the way and couldn't help but ask, "How do you know so much about this mountain? Have you been here secretly before?"
Qin Rushuang stuck out her tongue and said, "When I was a child, I followed my father and mother, and I came once with the late Emperor."
As if thinking of something bad, Qin Rushuang frowned and did not continue.
"If you came with your father, it must have been when you were very young, right? I remember that my father didn't come to this courtyard very often after I was twelve years old."
Qin Rushuang nodded, "Yes, I was only seven or eight years old at that time. I was naughty when I was a child. I secretly carried adults up the mountain on my back. I didn't know how to get down. Fortunately, someone came to find me later."
As Qin Rushuang was talking, Xie Xun suddenly raised his head, thought for a moment, and asked, "Was it when you were eight years old?"
Qin Rushuang raised her head sharply: "How do you know? I remember that you were not among the princes accompanying that time..."
Xie Xun smiled.
"I asked you how do you know so many things about the mountains? It turns out that the child who was crying by the hot springs on the mountain was you."
Qin Rushuang opened her eyes wide, "Did you see me that time?!"
Xie Xun nodded with a smile.
"I've seen it. I ran to the mountains to play and heard someone crying secretly, so I came over to check. I accidentally stepped on a branch. Unexpectedly, the little girl was so frightened that she cried even harder. She kept closing her eyes and saying, "Don't catch the ghosts."
Me! Don’t catch me, ghosts!" I was afraid of scaring her, so I secretly went down the mountain and ordered my servants to come up to find her. It turned out to be you!"
Qin Rushuang's eyes widened.
"Okay, it turned out to be you! Since you saw me trapped in the mountain, why didn't you come to rescue me? You pretended to be a ghost to scare me! I was scared at the time, but when I heard the footsteps, I was so scared that I cried. But when I opened my eyes
I opened my eyes but didn’t see anyone, which made me even more scared. I thought I really encountered a ghost!”
Xie Xun didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Aren't I afraid of scaring you?"
The two chatted about their childhood memories, and it turned out that the fate between the two of them had already been decided when they were very young.
By the time the two of them had finished chatting, they had already reached the top of the mountain.
The large hot spring in my memory, maybe because I grew up, is now just a small pool at my feet.
The scenery here is indeed very good. Qin Rushuang looked up at the moon in the sky.
It was late at night, the breeze was blowing, and the silver-white moonlight was shining all over the ground. The atmosphere was just right.
Xie Xun was just about to say something when he saw Qin Rushuang on the side suddenly stretched out her hand and pointed at the round moon in the sky.
"Ah, what a round moon! Prince, look at this moon, does it look like the egg pancake you made for me this afternoon?"
